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Securing Lasting Peace in the Caucasus

Stability in Nagorno-Karabakh would open up new avenues for cooperation and regional integration.

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Elmar Mammadyarov

Dec. 5, 2012 3:49 p.m. ET

At the end of this week, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will gather in Dublin for its annual ministerial meeting. I remain hopeful that we can achieve real progress on resolving some of the outstanding issues facing our region—in particular, achieving lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan is economically prosperous due to an oil and gas boom, but our efforts to build a modern country are handicapped by security issues. The broader Caspian region is plagued with tension, which...